Two department heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan have been removed from their positions.
Modern.az reports that the head of the General Department of the Ministry, Gaya Mammadov, and the head of the Language Support Department, Rizvan Nabiyev, were relieved of their duties because they were elected deputies.
It should be noted that Gaya Mammadov was elected deputy for the second electoral district number 31 of Surakhani, and Rizvan Nabiyev for the second electoral district number 49 of Absherom.
The charge d’affaires of Azerbaijan in the Republic of South Africa, the head of the diplomatic mission, Zaur Shukurov, was also called. He obtained a mandate from electoral district no. 47 of Sumgayit-Absheron-Garadagh.
The information was confirmed by Aykhan Hajizadeh, press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in his statement to our website. He responded to our question about who was appointed to the respective positions: “Internal appointments are not reported to the press.”